William Latson, the principal of Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Florida, said, "Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened."
A Florida principal has come under fire for refusing in emails to say that the Holocaust happened because"not everyone believes" it.
Latson has since been reassigned to a position with the Palm Beach County school district, according to a district spokesperson. 'Deeply disturbing': Like Americans, Austrians are forgetting the Holocaust. These are the shocking numbers The history of the Holocaust has been mandatory in the Florida public school curriculum since 1994, when the state Legislature passed the Holocaust Education Bill.
Story continues"I assure you that this situation is being investigated at the highest levels of the District Administration," Frank Barbieri Jr., chairman of the school board, wrote in a statement.
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